COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926234dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
84v
Image Sequence Number:
084v
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the death of Sir John Comyn and his brother Roger, at the hand of Robert the Bruce. There is a faint note at the bottom of the folio that 'my MS. B is deficient for the remainder of this reign'. The is a catchword at the bottom right of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
gray freres of Dunfris and þat was þe þorisday after Candel masse and S(ire). Joh(a)n g(ra)untede ham for to wende with ham // And whanne he had herde masse he toke a sop an dronk and after warde he bistrode his palfray and rode his way and so come to Dunfris: and Robert þe Brus saugh him come at a wyndow as he was in his chambre and þo made ioye ynow and come aȝens him and collede him aboute þe nekke and makede with him good semblaunt // And whanne alle þe erles and barouns of Scotland were p(re)sente. Robert þe Brus spak and saide sires quod he ȝe witet wel enchesoun of þis comyng and wherfore it is. yif þat ȝe wil g(ra)unte þ(t) J mote be king of Scotland as þ(e) righte heire of þe lande. and alle þ(e) lordeȝ þ(t) þ(er)e were saide with o vois þat he shulde be crounede king of Scotlande. and þat þey wolde him helpe and mayntene aȝens alle man(er)e men on lyf and for him yf it were nede dye // þe gentil knyght þo Joh(a)n of Comyn ansuerde and saide: certes neuere for me ne for to haue of me as muche helpe as þe value of a botoun. for þat oth þ(t) y haue made to king Edwarde of Engelonde y shal holde the while my lif laste and wiþ þat worde he wente fro þe companye and wolde haue wente vppon his palfray: and Rob(er)t þe Brus pursuede him wiþ a drawe swerde and bar him þorugh þe body and S(ire) Joh(a)n Comyn. fel doun vnto þe erthe // But whanne Roger þ(t) was S(ire) Joh(a)n Comyns broþer saugh þe falsnesse and sterte to S(ire) Robert þe Brus and smot him w(t) a knyf: but þe fals traitour was armed vnder so þat þe stroke mighte don him non harme and so muche help come aboute S(ire) Rob(er)t þe Brus þat Rog(er). Comyn. was þ(er)e q(ue)lde and alto hewe in to smale peces // And Robert þe Brus tur nede aȝen þ(er)e þ(t) S(ire) Joh(a)n Comyn þe noble baroun lay wounded and pynede toward his deth bisydes þe hie auter in þ(e) chirche of þe gray freres and saide vnto S(ire) Joh(a)n Comyn. O. traitour þow shalt be dede and neu(er)e after lette myn avauncement and shook his suerde at þe hye auter and smote him on þ(e) heuede þ(t) þe brayn fel doun oppon þe g(ro)unde an þ(e) blood sterte
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
Bibliographic Citation:
Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
890
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Edward
